The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-23 00:00:00

PRICES OF sTocK, . 1 HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ',lank Stock. - 3 per Cent. Ben '7 % .71i% I llitto Bonus 9 11 pm. '3 ner Cent. Cons - 3% per Cent .. 9( 1 1-4 Old Annnities Ditto Med 06!,4 New Dittn New ZIA per Cent 7 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... 8 - 1)7"-i New sper Cent... — Exch. Bills, X: ~ 4l: Bank Long Ann nitics to eNniro Ditto 'Po l6 19 pm , Jan. 5. .sm 14:li 11-16 , Ditto Small sect. 10, 1A59 — Ditto Commercial - pm. Jan. 5. FAO — , Ditto Advertised — pm Jan. 5, .AS I._ — I Rank Stock for Acc0unt......... April 5, IS4 — India Stock for Account ...... ... Jan. 5, 1870 — 'Consols for Account . ..... ... 8/3,(0.1% O mn i um pm. I _ PRicEs Olt )REIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds .............. Ditto Account — Portugueseßoted% -- Ditto Account Ditto Nevi Bonds Ditto Account 44 Dian, 3 per cent 28% Prussian Bonds.-- ............ Russian Ronde, Ditto Account Ditto Metallic. ............ Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, IKII 19 3 4 1 ,‘ Ditto Account 19. ?47414% French, 5 per cent........., _c. 4 per cent —l. —c. 2 per cent .--f. —c. Exchange f. Dutch, 2S.', per cent. 54 M t Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent lOO% Ditto Account Ditto Account . ......... Brnzilian Bonds ........... Ihtto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto ACcount Chillian Bonds 40.1 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 2.0% Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, :WA 0 914 Ditto Account ...... Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek non& Ditto Bonds, 1,025 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account. Ditto, f per cent I)itto Account Neapolitan.-- ............... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. F.astern Counties Railway 2 Treat Western Railway Company 3O Brighton ( Rennie's'. 3 London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O London and Southampton Railway Company..., 3(1 South Eastern ant Dover Railway Company 2 South Brighton. Lewes, and Newhaven Railway 2 Danube and Mayne Company 2`..% Per Share, Al 40 pN In% % `22 1 11 MAILS. Atriwed. Due. Arrive I. 0 Due.' A. rrivel Due 0 America 1 France 0 0 Lisbon I 0 Brazil ............. 0 0 Ou9rn.&Jersoy 0 0 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg ..... ... ti 0 M e x i co 0 o Cartliagena 0 0 Holland % 0 0 Ostend 0 I Dublin... ~... 0 0 Sweden 0 I Flanders HIGH WATER AT LONININ BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0rning......... 3minutes after 3, I Evening......2l minutes after 3. HAMBURG'', DEC. 12. ON appro ac h o f t h e COMMENCEMENT o f JANUARY, all those who may have to write to us before that time, are request e d t o d o so w i t h out d e l ay , an d t o b e par ti cu l ar i n directing, HF.INE BROTHERS, in HAMBURGH, and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 101., 201., or 301., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 101. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note; or having to receive Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note, when ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, surpassin g the usual amount of One Bank of E ng l an d N o te, may rather be made in Bills of Exchange, on London. We request not to overlook these particulars. HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURGH. P. S. To persons having to remit Si., on receiving a Ten Pound Note, we return Two Pound in the cheapest way possible. TO CORRESPONT,ENTS. Many thanks to our " Bath Frie - Ad C fOr - his communication respecting the late Bath CrAservative Meeting, which he will find—on reference to She Sun of yesterday—that we hare already noticed. " A Lover of Justice" is, inadmissible. The criticism he corn plains of, may or rn.ay not be just ; but it is no part of our duty to animadvert on the critical remarks of other journals. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1836. Ther gentle ZETA has resumed his ,lucubrations in the Morning Post, in the firm expectation, no doubt, of rendering the merry Christmas-tide a season of gloom and despair to the Ministers. He tells them, for instance, that he abhors their politics quite as much as he ever did ; and asks them, with an air of infinite superciliousness, how they are to meet the Peers and the Representatives of the people in the approaching Session ? " From the Conservatives," says ZETA, " Ministers can expect neither sympathy nor support. There was a time when Sir R. PEEL and his friends were anxious to purchase protection from the fury of ultra-Ra'iicalism by the intervening aid of the Whig party ; but that time has gone by. The Conservatives are now sufficiently strong to pro tect themselves ; their principles have become popu lar; their - numbers are rapidly increasing; and they con fidently hope, on the advent of another general elec tion, to be able to bid defiance to the whole gang of Whigs and Radicals combined. It is clear, therefore, that doomed as they are to encounter a ve hement opposition from the Conservative party, Mi nisters can only expect to maintain their position by securing the zealous support of the Radical faction." The above is a fine sample of Tory braggadocio. The Conservative " principles rapidly increasing" in deed I Why, they are in a process of almost daily ex tinguishment, as is proved, beyond the possibility of refutation, by the incredible difficulty the faction expe riences in getting up, and keeping together when once instituted, a few Operative Associations. Again, if Conservative principles—which are very different things from Conservative dinners—are on the increase, how happens it that the great questions of the Ballot and Peerage Reform have made such rapid, indeed, we might almost say, such unprecedented progress, within the last few months ? If there be two question s i n th e world which the Conservatives si.:(pretn e ly d etest, an d will oppose with th e u t m ost virulence, these are the two ; and yet at this very moment they are making converts all over the country I 'Tis in vain to deny this fact ; the very bitterness of the Tory party, the result of their extreme apprehension, sufficiently corro borates it. But ZETA is so confident of their popu larity, that a new election, he predicts, will return them in overwhelming numbers to St. Stephen's, totally omitting, in his zeal, to take into calculation the state of the Registries, which, as the Spectator has proved, tells quite a different story. But there i 3 no arguing, or beating down the blind self-con fidence of a Tory. Even when standing on the brink of a precipice, he will believe himself ; and en deavour to impress others with the same belief, that his position is one of remarkable sec':irity. It was not until the Reform Bill had been actually read a third time in the House of Lords, th'.t this besotted faction could be persuaded that the_ itay had gone against them. Equally convinced %! ere they of the stability of the PEEL Administ:ation ; and yet when put to the test, the materials or which this notable patch-work was com posed, crumbled away piece -meal, never again, we hope and believe, to be re-linited. And such as the Tory Incorrigibles haxe ever been, just such will they ever continue to be —_sceptics even at the eleventh hour —fully persua' l o:Cl of their overwhelming popularity, at the very pe:4-tod when the country from one extremity to the c,ther, is raising as unanimous and irresistible a clamour fur the Ballot and Peerage Reform, as ever it di:A for the entombment of Schedules A and B '4 Just now they are in high glee at the tho-dglus of the approaching Glasgow festival. They imagine that the force of circumstances will Compel Sir ROBERT PEEL to declare himself in their favour in more unqualified and energetic terms than he has yet done. But they will be cruelly— most cruelly disappointed. The quick-witted Baronet is not the man to give in an uncompromising adhesion to a falling party. He has no notion of setting sail in a leaky vessel. He is a smooth, discreet man of the world, one who will not hesitate to fling up his hat and cry, " long life to the conqueror" the instant—but not before—that the victory is placed beyond a doubt. Office is to him a second nature ; his habits, thoughts, sentiments, nay, his very speech and manner, all par take of an official character ; and we have little or no doubt, whatever the Tories may believe to the con trary, that he is anxiously looking forward to the period when—the ties that bind him to the faction burst asunder—he will be again seated on the sunny side of the House of Commons, with real, not sham, Reformers for his collcagum We have received The whole of the rrench Papers of Wednesday. The Monitertr states that the total number of officers, sub-officers, arid .§oldieil wounded, and missing, in the ocpeditin against Con stantino., is only seven hundred and fifty-seven. Were this number trebled, it would be considerably nearer the truth. But the mistake i§ not poor M. BERNARD'S) and he had no pqwer to correct it. All the world knows that M. BERNARD has, in reality, as little influence over the War Department as has the eldest son of his Royal Master over the hearts and hands of all the marriageable Princesses in Europe. The Ge neral is a mere cipher, as well in the Cabinet as out of it. His value—vulgar and decimal—is borrowed from the approximating position of the KING. The Moniteur of Wednesday contains the following news from Spain _ " The Government has received the following telegraphic dispatches from Bayonne : " December 17, half-past two o'clock. (Conveyed by telegraph to Bordeaux, and thence forwarded to Paris by the Mail.)—There was nothing new at Bilboa on the 15th. The bad state of the weather prevented the Carlists from acting against the town, and Espartero had as yet accom plished nothing. The Carlists have learned that a body of their troops arrived on the 13th at Belorado. It was not known whether this corps was commanded by Gomez or Cabrera. Two battalions had been sent to guard the Ebro. " December 18, Mid-day.—The last accounts from Ma• drid announce that Alaix arrived on the 10th at Atiensa six hours after the departure of Gomez. On the Bth San Miguel came up with the remains of Cabrera's force, and killed and captured about a hundred of his men and horses. He was flying towards Albarasin. The sixth article of the Ministerial proposition for exceptional measures, authorising the banishment of conspirators has been plitsed by a majo rity of 94 to 53.' " Advices of a still later date have been received in London. On the 15th ESPARTERO, after a second campaign of four days, re-entered Portugalette with his artillery, carrying along with him that inseparable companion of his recent movements—the wooden bridge. On the 13th the gallant ESPARTERO was to have relieved Bilboa or perish in the attempt—a death which it will be recollected we predicted was not destined for many of the QUEEN'S Generals. Well—the 13th is long past ; Bilboa was not relieved neither on that day nor the day following ; and yet the magnanimous ESPARTERO stilllives, and talks of future conquests ! We are now informed that he only awaits at Portugalette the arrival of four fresh battalions, to re commence operations for the relief of Bilboa. We care not what professions he may make—what projects he may plan—what excuses for delay he may allege, as we are now convinced of his unworthiness to command a single battalion. ESPARTERO is at the head of 16,000 men ; the Carlist force, under the united command of VILLAREAL and EGUIA does not exceed that num ber ; the ruggedness of the ground before Bilboa is such that : in a general engagement not more than half the troops on both sides could be brought into the field without impeding the military evolutions ; the QUEEN'S troops are well supplied with arms and mili tary stores—and yet the General leaves Bilboa to its fate under, the flimsy pretext of waiting for reinforce ments of fresh troops. Seeing that ESPARTERO has no intention of re lieving Bilboa, we think it incumbent on General EVANS to come to the assistance of the besieged. There is no longer a Carlist force in the vicinity of San Sebastian to attack his lines ; so that with the assistance of the National Guards and the ves sels in the bay, a thousand men of the British Legion might easily defend the garrison till the Carlists shall be driven from before Bilboa. All the rest of the dis posable troops in San Sebastian, headed by General EVANS, might be conveyed in steamers to Portugalette, whence they could be re-conveyed to San Sebastian much quicker than the Carlists could march thither, were they to attempt making a dash upon that fortress in the absence of the QUEEN'S troops. Now we en tertain no doubt whatever but that with six thousand British troops, General EVANS would force his way into Bilboa in less than three days. At all hazards he ought to undertake it, as San Sebastian is no longer in any danger. But let him have nothing at all to do with ESPARTERO OT his division. If he repose con fidence in, or take counsel from, the Spanish General, he is lost irretrievably. To act efficiently he must act alone. He must depend only upon the hands and hearts of his own countrymen. The greater portion of the French journals treat the speeches and letters of Senor CALATRAVA, exculpat ing France from the charge of non-fulfilling the stipulations of the quadruple treaty, with the most bitter contempt. The feelings of the KING towards the craven Spanish Minister, who by this one act sa crifices a reputation for integrity before unimpeachable, and purchased by years of toils, trials, and exile, are of a not more enviable description. The Journal des Debats says, and the Journal de Paris proves, that CALATRAVA, in asserting the guiltlessness of France with respect to the treaty, asserted not only what was not true, but what all Europe, the Spanish Minister included, must have known and felt to be false. Thus, by hearkening to the secret councils of Louis PHILIPPE, Senor CALATRAVA has covered himself with dishonour—has sacrificed his character for integrity—and no doubt his reward, in a very short time will be his dismissal from office, at the instigation of the French Ambassador. The KING only employed him to serve a purpose—to supply a paragraph in the Royal Speech on the opening of the Chambers—and now that that purpose is served, his MAJESTY will leave him to bear, as he best can, the scorn, contempt, and pity of his friends and enemies. We have just heard that accounts reached London, at 12 o'clock to-day, announcing the passing of the Ebro at Miranda del Ebro, by GOMEZ, and the rem nant of his division. We regard these accounts as premature. Madrid Papers to the 14th instant have been re ceived. The project of law, granting extraordi nary powers to Ministers, during the sitting of the present Cortes, was passed on the 11th, by a majority of ninety-four votes against fifty-three. Ministers can now send all suspected persons, of what rank soever, into banishment for six months, to any of the islands adjacent to Spain. We shall soon be convinced whether this power is mis placed, by noting the rank of those who may become the objects of its exercise. Brussels and German Papers have been received, from which extracts will be found in another part of The Sun. Horse-stealin g seems to be greatly on the increase in;all parts of the country ; the Hue and Cry of yesterday is half filled with descriptions of stolen horses, and various rewards are offered f or th e appre h ens i on o f o ff en d ers. Pigiron has been reduced by the iron-works in the neighbourhood of Bradford ii. a-ton within the last fort night. A similar reduction has taken places in Wales. Saturday last, while a man named Charles Newall, employed in the Abercorn Foundry, was putting a new belt on one of the pulleys, he lost his balance, and fell with his arm between two spur wheels, when his arm was taken off a few inches below the shoulder. Feelin g himself likely to be further drawn in, he, with wonderful presence of mind, seized his knife in his left hand, opened it with his teeth, cut himself clear, and with the assistance of one of his bro ther workmen, walked without his arm to the office. Mr. Barr ran off for medical assistance, and the man was con veyed in a noddy to him own house, when the stump was cut anew and properly dreamed, and we are happy to add the man is doing well. We feel pleasure in adding that his employers, in consideration of his steady conduct, have promised that a job will be provided for him, by which, even with one hand, he will be able to maintain his wife and fa- Advertim , - - • ° , . • 7,,, , :;- ' 'P.' ..--- ~,re, _ „_... ..-..., - - ;:,,, Iq e ',97. "papoe si k - , : ?- 1.....4 ( '.-,, i ~.i. , _. ~ , -1.._ ,. kJ,- t inn¢ 11E SCSN, , 'LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23 1 1836. SHIPPING.-(TEM3 DAV.) (FAIODI—LLOYD'S.4 •. 1 b . f . ,11,, Dec. 2.2.—Witld W. S. W Arrived the and Genera c l Chai4 isatavia ; Ontario, iTom tort ; Ulysses, Pratt, and Caroline, 1V0 . !i; Ciuebeg, Came down from the river and pro• retitled the Michael Redson, for St. Kitt's ; and Alexander, Robertson, for New Orleans. All the outward-bound sailed this morning except the Otourfica Thb wet Of El. supposed to be tit •Aniericat4 Was stoat thi§ Mottling heftr the Goodwin South Sand lead: A beat ttorn the light Vessel, five men in . N 'llitimeting to board her, was upset, and three men drowned. The Kitty, Murray, from Cork to South- , amplon, has been driven into this port, laden with oats almost on fire. PORTSMOUTH, Dm. 24,,vina N. to E. to W. S. W., with very light aim.— A rrikA±.ll the Palmyra, Lorder, from London for Borabiy e.4.a Catherine, Rose, for Calcutta. Sailed the Ilawk, Johnston, for Muscat ; Jane, Wilkinson, for Mauritius; and Matilda, —, for the Cape of Cloud lope. Pt, vmoUTII, DEC. 21.—tiallea the Folkestone, Bliss, for the South Seas ; lit,•-be Whitehead, for Ascension Island ; Cru sader, Ma‘edOtiald, for Van Diemen's Land ; Clarendon, ristitr, for Jamaica ; Ann, Nixon, for ditto I London, Morgan, for ditto ; Hector, Arman, for ditto ; Ituckers, Soper, for Grenada; Railleur, Renutff, for Martinique ; William Miles, Kindley. for Fernando Po; Ruth, Corredgall, for Sierra Leone; Theresa, Moon, for Algiers ; Trega, Vasseur, for New York ; James, Champion, for Nassau ; his Majesty's packet Sophia, Behal, for Fayal ; Keit, Cumming, for St. Michael's ; Mayflower, Orley, for ditto ; Maria, Cumming, for ditto ; Lively, Trap, for Bordeaux ; Star, Wood, for Oporto; A mwell, Hesse, for Marseilles ; Aurora, Stephens, for ditto ; Prince Regent, Trapt, for Cork ; and Cressinus, Evans, for Cardiff. FALMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind N. W. to N., moderate breezes.—Arrived the Royal Tar steamer, from London, and left for Dublin. Sailed the Vanguard, Stewart, for Bombay ; General Brock, Trayte, for Rio Janeiro ; Ida Amalia, Riessa, for Bahia ; Caroline, Campbell, for Jamaica; West Indian,T urmer, for ditto ; Vere, Roberts, for do.; Anna, Roberts, for do ; John Pink, Nixon, for do.; Hercules, for St. Thomas's • Rosalind, Fanrose, for Trinidad ; H o p e , f or St. Mi c h ae l' s ; iortune, for St. Übe's ; Favourite, Cobden, for Malta, &c.; Byken, Bruce, for Trieste ; Trefusis, M'Kinnon, for Venice ; Mary, Castell, for Leghorn ; Jane, Allan, for Algiers ; Ann, Pringle, for Gibraltar. GLONCESTER, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Adelaide, Canaries. BRISTOL, DEC. 22.—Arrived the Experiment, New York. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Experiment, from Campeachy ; Ann, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Dib den, Hutchinson, from Quebec ; Dandy, Mayhew, from St. Michael's ; Pearl, Holland, from Leghorn ; Rebecca, from Gibraltar ; Fillo and Filhao, from Lisbon ; Swallow, M'Kean, from Copenhagen. The Othello, Dott, from Quebec to this port, was fallen in with 28th ult. in lat. 45., long. 51., with loss of rudder and water-logged, and the crew taken out by the Sarah, Sinclair, arrived here, and on the sth inst., lat. 46., long. 45., spoke the Wellington, from Miramichi to Southampton, with loss of bulwarks, &c., having been struck by a heavy sea, and put three of the Othello's crew on board ; on the 7th, lat. 48 long. 32, during a violent gale, passed a brig timber laden, and apparently North Country built, with loss of top masts, &c. The Asia, White, from Quebec to this port, was abandoned on the Bth inst., in lat. 47 long. 38, crew saved by the John, from Quebec. The Christopher, Kay, from Quebec to London, was fallen in with, a wreck, on the 6th inst., in lat. 48, long. 38 ; four men were seen on board, but only succeeded in saving one, by the George, Gor don, arrived at this port. PENZANCE, DEC. 21.—Wind W. N. W., light breezes, hazy and small rain.—Arrived off port the Baltic, from the Baltic. HASTINGS, DEC. 22.—Light air and variable.—Arrived the Iris, Brackwood, from Colombo ; and Walgar, Cood, from New York. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 20. A boat with " Ruscosus T L F, London, John Murray," has drifted on shore at the Helder. The Ellida, Bught, from Norway to France, has been brought into Texel with loss of masts, &c. NoanEri, DEC. 16.—The Margaretha, lost in the Euse, was bound from Rusterrul to Gloucester, with apples and nuts ; also the name board of a vessel " Eisc de Gravelin," was washed on shore at Juist, on the 6th inst. The Harriet, Warman, from Quebec, has arrived off the Isle of Wight. The Sarah, Sadler, from Singapore, has arrived in the Channel. The Egfred, late Maclin, from Quebec to Liverpool, was abandoned on the 6th inst. in lat. 47 long. 40., being water logged during a gale the night before. The Onderneeming, Stamp, from Newcastle to Amster dam, was totally lost near Ameland on the 10th, crew saved. The Hendicka, Eust, from Amsterdam to Newcastle, was wrecked near Herlenge!' 17th inst., crew saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS I)AY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French, Ostend, and Dutch mails, and ship-letters from Quebec, Batavia, Cey lon, of August 27, Now York, and Calcutta of the Ist of September. The Consol market is very heavy this morning, in con sequence of a report that the Westminster Bank (a great creditor of the Northern and Central Bank) will not agree to the terms entered into with the Directors of the Bank of England. This has had the effect to lower Consols from the leaving-off price of yesterday, 884, to 88i for the Opening ; Reduced 871 ; Exchequer Bills 16 18 ; India Bonds 9 11 ; Bank Stock 2081 2091. The Foreign Securities are also lower. Spanish receded from 201 to 19 1 ; Passive 5 1 a ; Deferred 7 a 8 ; Portu guese 431 44 ; Three per Cents., 2841 ; Colombian 21 221- ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 544. HALF-PAST ONE. The affairs of the Northern and Central Branch Bank, it appears, remained in an unsettled state to a late hour this morning, and a bill of] the above Bank was pre sented for payment, which was refused by a banker ; but soon after a notice was sent to the parties that the note would be paid ; consequently we may infer from the above that, in the course of the morning, the business has been settled between the three parties. Consols have been at 88k ; at present may be quoted 88-g 1; Reduced 87 ; Exchequer Bills 16 19 ; India Bonds 9 11 ; Bank Stock 2081. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 1911 ; Passive 5i ; Deferred nothing doing ; Portuguese 44 ; Three per Cents., 281 ; Colombian 22i ; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents., 54i Consols for the Account, 88 a. THREE 0' CL 0 CX. CHRlSTMAS.—Christmas brings with it a thousand delights, and it possesses a thousand uses that minister to our better nature, and deserve to live in the remembrance of all with whom homely joys, and home-felt attachments have power to charm. Pleasant recollections return with it ; happy hours, past away, indeed, but, whose memory is yet green in our hearts, associate themselves with its presence. It is sanctified to our domestic affections, and the lamp of love would burn but dimly were not the oil of gladness poured into it on anniversaries like these. Our outer world is a cold and cheerless world ; it has no soil in which the loves of the heart can take root and flourish ; hence, when man passes into it, and mingles with its business and its strife, his affections fade and wither, and too often die. But it is the beautiful use of the festival of Christmas to bring him back again to old thoughts and old associations, to revive affections that are droop ing, and to make him feel how far nobler and better a passion is love than ambition. We have no patience with a world which is beginning to despise its good old custom ; and yet, alack ! how are ye fallen, ye merry makings and mummings and masques. Ye had better get to a nunnery, for the utilitarians have declared you to be vain and unprofitable, for they cannot extract any per con tage from your existence. Ye neither sow nor reap ; ye spin no silk, and ye weave no stockings. His Majesty can not tax ye, neither can the custom house officer make ye profitable to the state. Away, then, ye mistletoe bushes, and ye yule logs ; vanish snap-dragon, hot cockles, and was sail! Too long have ye cumbered a commercial world with your profitless presence. Go, and seek some land where folks are uncultivated enough to love homely pleasures, and respect olden things. Find out some new people whose hearts are weak enough to beat with pleasure at your re turn, and who love ye for the dear associations ye call up. Go to some spot like this—if you can find one, and leave us, who have grown older and wiser than to waste our time in loving or being loved, to the exalted employment of level ling a railroad, or improving a spinning-jenny. —T. K. Harvey. We understand that, in a short time, the south mail, by changes in the south, will arrive here four or five hours earlier than at present, and a mail is to go direct to Dundee, through Fife, from Edinburgh.—Perth Adver. We regret to learn that information has been re ceived at Lloyd's of the total loss, in the river Hooghley, of the valuable ship the Windsor (1,400 tons burden), on her voyage from London to Bengal and China. The crew saved. The amount of insurances effected in London is stated at 100,000/. M. B—, the son of an honest and moderately rich proprietor of Henmerstoff, a village near Metz, had for some time quitted his home and commenced a dissolute mode of life. Under different pretexts he had at first obtained money from home, but as his misconduct could not be long concealed from his parents, he received from them strong letters of remonstrance, which served only to excite his vengeful passions. Having been informed that his sister was on the point of marriage, he returned home last week, ac companied by one of his debauched companions, named Schilter. The next day the two companions in vice visited the assembled family, B--- armed with a pistol, which he immediately levelled at his father. The unfortunate parent endeavoured to avoid the parricide's aim, but was dragged from amongst the company by Schilter. The persons pre sent speedily fled, and the wretched father, seeing the fatal weapon pointed at him, made a last effort at the moment of its discharge, and sheltered himself behind his son's accom plice, who received the ball, and fell mortally wounded. The son was immediately arrested.—Galignanis Messenger. CHANCERY COVR,i'.—(ritis DAY.) toctn o iftl ttfo ,ions to-day, none of which were of the least public interest. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR took motions to thiy, but no COS° of interest came before the Court. His Honour will take motions to-morrow. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) TllO COURT was occupied the whole morning with the remaining petitions, none of which were possessed of any public interest. His Lordship will not sit after to-morrow, until the 11th of January, being the first day of Hilary Term. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) LENNOX V. DESBOROUGH AND OTHERS. The trial of the issue in this case, which had not termi nated at the rising of the Court yesterday, was resumed this morning. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD having replied at great length, The Lord CHIEF JUSTICE proceeded to recapitulate the evidence, and had not concluded when our Reporter left. COMMON PLEA. -(THIS DAY.) Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury. SCOTT V. MILLER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the owner of the vessel the Countess of Dunmore, against the defendant, who acted in the capacity of Captain of the same vessel on a voyage to Van Diemen's Land, to recover 1851., being the balance of an account alleged to be due to the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded a set-off in the nature of repairs of the vessel, provisions, &c. The case had not concluded when we left. CIIARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.-This morning a Special General Meeting of the Governors of this Charity took place at the Board-room of the Institution, King William-street, Strand, for the purpose of electing an As sistant or Visiting-Surgeon to the Hospital. The meeting was well attended. The candidates were Messrs. It. Partridge, M. W. Halles, John Avery, and J. C. Turner. The three last-mentioned gentlemen withdrew their names, consequently Mr. Partridge was elected. Between five and six o'clock last evening, as a young female was crossing Nevvgate-street, from St. Martin's-le- Grand, she was knocked down with great violence by a cab which was proceeding at a rapid rate from the city. The fellow (as is usual in such cases) redoubled his speed, and was quickly out of sight. The poor girl was conveyed to the shop of Mr. Boddington, chemist, St. Martin's-le- Grand, who paid her every attention, and ascertained that she had not sustained any serious outward injury, though she appeared to be severely suffering internally. She was taken home by a policeman. The reckless disregard of the safety of foot passengers by cabmen and others, who never abate their speed at the most dangerous crossings, is highly disgraceful, and is daily the cause of accidents. Mr. Bentley, in giving his name to his forthcoming " Miscellany," in some degree identifies his own reputation as a publisher with the success of the work. He has been fortunate in securing such a list of eminent writers. His first number will exhibit " Boz," quaintly inimitable, and Hook, himself a host. These distinguished authors are in the front of a " noble band" of literary brothers, sufficient to ensure readers wherever fiction is admired, and wit, genuine and unalloyed, appreciated. An increased number of marriages among the poorer class of Jews have lately taken place in consequence of a Society recently established amongst them, of which Mrs. Rothschild, the lady of the late eminent capitalist, is pa troness and a liberal subscriber, to pay the expenses of the marriage ceremony and provide decent apparel for the bride and bridegroom to appear in, and a good dinner, &c., to entertain their friends and relatives on those occasions. The institution originate(' among some of the more wealthy class, upon a knowledge of the fact that an immense number of poor Jews were obliged to live with women without going through the ceremony of marriage, and that numbers at an advanced age with large families were living in this state from their absolute inability, during their whole lives, of paying the fees and other expenses incident to the cele bration of their nuptials. These expenses, at the lowest rate of calculation, exceed .5/., but are often increased, even amongst the poor, to double that sum. The Jewish people, who are proverbially anxious about all their ceremonies, ap pear much pleased with the Society and its objects ; the benefits, however, will only be extended to a certain period (about two months hence), before which time every poor Jew in London will have an opportunity, if he pleases, of forming a legal matrimonial contract free of expense. On Friday morning last Mr. Charles Fagan and Mr. Robert M' Leod repaired, with their respective seconds, to Inniscarra, situate about six miles from this city, for the purpose of fighting a duel. The cause of the dispute be tween them was, as we have heard it, very trivial, and ori ginated on the evening previous over a card-table. Through the interference of the priest at Inniscarra they were pre vented from coming to the ground, for both the priest him self and his parishioners, who assembled in immense num bers, and in an inconceivable short space of time, actually drove them from the place, having put themselves in a threatening attitude and surrounding them on all sides. It was with considerable difficulty, we understand, that the parties escaped unhurt. In Cork they were bound over not to commit a breach of the peace in this county. At three o'clock, however, yesterday, the parties left Cork for the county of Waterford, where they intended to fight this morning. They slept in Youghal last night. By the ar rival of the Youghal coaches at 1 o'clock to-day, we learned that the hostile parties met this morning, and fired but one shot each ; neither was wounded. It appears that Mr. Fagan discharged his pistol in the air.—cork Standard. Last evening an inquest was held at the London Hospital, before Mr. Baker, Coroner for the county of Middlesex, upon the body of Mary Ann Roberts, a young girl, aged 15, who came to her death under the following circumstances appeared that on the 2d of December inst., the deceased, who was subject to fits, had been left by herself in an apartment of her mother's house for a minute or two, when a lodger hearing her screams went to her assistance, and found her enveloped in flames. The flames having been extinguished, she was taken to the hos pital, where she died on Wednesday last. She was of weak intellect, and was unable to give any explanation as to the manner in which her clothes caught fire. The ac tual injuries she received were not great, and she died of exhaustion. Verdict—Accidental death. On Monday evening an inquest was held at Man chester on the body of a gentleman named Richard Hodg son, who died at the Royal Hotel on the previous evening, from the effects of a quantity of oxalic acid which he had taken. He had arrived, it appeared, by the Defiance coach from London on the Saturday before. He appeared in a state of great excitement on Sunday, and a surgeon was sent for, who found him labouring under delirium tre mens, which is generally the effect of the use of ardent spirits. There was also a good deal of incoherence in his manner, and he himself attributed his uneasiness to em barrassed circumstances. Mr. Lacy, not liking these symptoms, gave the servants instructions to be on the alert. John Rydall, one of the setwatas, of the hotel, who had at tended him, kept a vigilant eye upon him. He, however, eluded him, went out, and then procured the oxalic acid. On his return he went to bed, requesting to be left alone, saying he could not sleep if any one was in the room, and in the absence of Rydall took the deadly poison. Mr. Simmons, of Maskell, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, stated that he knew the deceased ; he had been in the service of Messrs. Knatchbull, Rule, and Co., of Gracechurch-street, London, for a space of 25 years. Being much disappointed in his expectations, he had left them and formed a new connexion, which did not answer his purpose. H e b ecame low spirited, and was a disappointed man. He then took to liquor. He was a single man, about 50 years of age, a native of Penrith, in Cumberland, and was on the route to his friends for the purpose of recruiting his health. Witness saw him in London in August last, when he expressed great disappointment at the failure of his hopes. The Jury returned a verdict of " Insanity." COMMERCE BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN.— The importations of Spain into France for the year 1834 were—Fruits, 2,500,000 francs ; hides, 1,000,000 ; wool, 8,500,000 ; cork, 1,000,000 ; lead, copper, and mercury, 7,000,000 ; and other more trifling articles, in all amounting to 25,509,879 francs. The exportations of France into Spain for the same year were—Animals, 3,000,000 francs ; corn, 2,000,000 ; linen, 2,000,000 ; woollens, 4,000,00 0 ; silks and ribbons, 4,500,000 ; cottons, chiefly printed, 14,500,000 ; millinery and Paris articles, 2,000,000 ; amounting to 39,935,036 francs.—MlCulloch. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, DEC. 21.—We have had good business doing to-day ; upwards of 4,000 bales have been sold at similar prices to Monday, with the exception of new Uplands, which are cheaper. We hear of 500 Surats, 4(1 to 7d. ; 300 Egyptian, 11d. to 160. ; 400 Pernams, lOid. to 12id. ; 200 Maranhams, 12Ad. ; 150 Bahias, 11d. ; 600 Laguayras,Bld. to 10d. ;150 Peruvians, qd. to I.od. ; remainder American, from 71d. to 11d. Yesterday morning, between twelve and one o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Franklin, a rag mer chant, in Dock-street, Well-close-square, and though se veral engines were quickly on the spot, and the firemen most prompt and active in their exertions, yet such was the inflammable nature of the stock that the premises were to tally destroyed. It is understood, however, that Mr. Franklin is insured to an amount that will cover his loss. BRIGHTON-THURSDAY. The King has had a slight relapse of the gout, which has pfiliVerM NO, taking his aeeustomed airing. The Queen has a cold , and has fiet ,his io:tt to.day: His Majesty held a Council this afternoonthe Palace, which was attetiLli,:cl by several of the Cabinet Ministers. The French Ambassador arrived this afternoon at the York Hotel. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta took a carriage airing this morning at twelve. The calls at the Palace this day include—Lieut.-General Sir Henry Campbell, Rear-Admiral Sir Edward King, Lieut.-General Sir Hussey Vivian, Sir H. and Lady Ni chols, the Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond, Dowager Lady Ellenborough and Miss Law, Lord and Lady Gage, the Earl and Countess of Kinnoull. The Ministers and a distinguished party will dine at the Palace this evening. Baron d'Ompteda left the York Hotel this morning on his return to town. Lord Hill and Lord Fitzroy Somerset leave Brighton to morrow morning for the metropolis. The Royal dinner invitations yesterday evening were Lord Abinger, Earl and Countess of Kinnoull, Dowager Lady Ellenborough and the Hon. Miss Law, Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond, Hon. Captain Paulet, Colonel Hill, Lord Hill, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Baron d'Ginpteda, and Rear-Admiral Sir C. Paget, who arrived at the Palace last night. The Earl of Westmoreland gave a select dinner party yesterday evening, at which was present General Sir Hil grove Turner. Lady Fitzwygram had a ball yesterday evening in Bruns wick-square, at which Kirchner's band attended. The com pany included—the Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, the Marchioness of Clanricarde and Miss Burdett, Lord and Lady F. Gordon, the Marquis and Marchioness of Tho mond, Le Prince A..de Polignac and the Misses Macdo nald, the Countesses of Newburgh, St. Germain's, and Car hampton, the Earl,and Countess of Wicklow, the Earl and Countess of Rosse, Ladies J. Knox, A. Parsons, L. Os wald, C. Bernard, G. Gore, H. Paulet, A. Macleod, E. Howard, B. Eyre, H. Manners Sutton, Lord and Lady Colville, Ladies Codrington, Fremantle, Pringle, Trollope, and Tierney, the Hon. Mistresses Greville, Thomas, Van sittart, and Percival, Lady Ellenborough and Miss Law, Lord George Loftus, Hon. General Phipps, General Sir Wm. Pringle, and the Officers of the Grenadier and En niskillen Guards. COURT CIRCULAR. His Majesty held a Privy Council yesterday afternoon at the Pavilion at Brighton. The following Cabinet Ministers left town yesterday morning to attend the Council :—Vis count Melbourne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord Glenelg, Earl of Minto, and Mr. Poulett Thomson. The Council was ap pointed to be held at four o'clock. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, attended by Lady Conroy, Baroness Lehzen, and Sir John Conroy, came to Kensington Palace yesterday from Claremont. In the evening their Royal Highnesses went to Drury-lane theatre. Prince Ernest of Philippsthal, accompanied by Captain Curzon, dined with Sir H. Wheatley last evening. Lord Hill has left town for Brighton. Lord and Lady John Russell left Wilton-crescent yes terday morning for Holkham, the seat of Mr. and Lady Anne Coke, to pass the Christmas holydays. Lady John Russell's soirees will be discontinued for the present. M. Hummelaucr, Secretary to the Austrian Embassy, transacted business at the Foreign-office. Lord Saye and Sele will recommence his dinner parties in Bruton -street early in the next month. The Countess of Bridgewater will entertain a select party during the holidays at Ashridge Castle. The pasties at Manchester House have ceased. There were only the Spanish Minister and one or two private gentlemen at the Countess's conversazione on Wednesday evening. The French Ambassador left town yesterday morning for Brighton, to take leave of his Majesty. The Count will be absent for six weeks. His Excellency departs on Thursday next, the 29th inst. Count d'Orsay entertained a party at dinner on Wednesday, consisting of the Prince Esterhazy, Prince Ni cholas Esterhazy, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Belfast, Lord Allen, Sir Robert Gordon, Sir George Warrender, the Hon. Col. Anson, the Hon. F. Byng, Col. Maberly, and Mr. Standish and Mr. Charles Greville. Lord Seaford will leave Audley-square in a day or two, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Portland, at Wel beck Priory. His Lordship has passed a great part of his time since his return from Portugal at the seat of Adm. Sir Thomas Hardy, in Kent. The Earl of Wiltshire, Lord Walpole, and other fashionables, are on their way from Italy, to pass the carnival in Paris. _ _ _ The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry are not expected to arrive at Holderness House, from St. Pe tersburg, until the third week in January. John Ayshford Wise, Esq., has left the Burlington Hotel, Burlington-street, for Ford Abbey, Devonshire. Much hospitality will prevail at Baron's Court during the holydays, and the poorer classes on the extensive estates of the Marquis, in Tyrone and Donegal, will participate in his bounty. Besides the Duke and Duchess of Bedford and Lord Claude Hamilton, who have arrived, the Earl of Mor ton and some branches of the Douglas family, the Earl and Countess of Caledon, Capt. and Lady Harriet Hamilton, &c., are expected. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange returned to his head-quarters at Tilburg on the 17th. The Hanoverian Gazette declares there is no foun dation for the report which it copied from the English papers, that the Duke of Cambridge had lately received the Russian Order of St. Andrew. His Royal Highness has had that Order ever since 1833. The Marquis of Sligo arrived in Dublin on Sunday from London. His Lordship dined in the evening with their Excellencies, and had an interview with the Lord Lieute nant on Monday morning, immediately after which he left town for Westport. Mr. and Mrs. St. John Mildmay, are expected to commence their fashionable parties at their new mansion, lately called Darnley House, in Berkeley-square, early in February next. The Earl de Grey's party will this Christmas be confined to a family circle. The Noble Lord intends re turning to town on Tuesday next. Mr. and Lady Mary Vyner came up to St James's-square on Thursday. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield are at Bretby Park, in Leicestershire, where they intend to re main a few days, and then visit the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, at Badminton. The Earl and Countess of Harrowby will entertain a select party at Sandon Hall, in Staffordshire. The health of the Earl of Westmorland continues in a very delicate state. Intimations have been givenfor celebrating the birth day of the Earl of Lonsdale on the 29th inst., at Whiteha yen, Hensingham, Maryport, Carlisle, Penrith, Appleby, &c. Earl Spencer has arrived at Wiseton Hall, on the borders of Nottinghamshire, from Althorpe, where the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Spencer have arrived, on their way to pass the Christmas at Burghley House, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter. The project of selling Spencer House, for which the Marquis of Abercorn was, it was said, at one period in treaty, is for the present abandoned. At the commencement of the fashionable season Knowle Castle, that magnificent relic of feudal grandeur, the seat of the late Duchess Dowager of Dorset, is to be the abode of the Countess of Plymouth, who, under the will of her mother has a life interest in this valuable property, after which it passes into the possession of Earl Delawarr, who married the Duchess of Dorset's youngest daughter. Sir F. Chantry and the School of Designs met at the Board of Trade yesterday at two o'clock. The Lords of the Treasury have granted 2501. to wards the establishment of a school on the British system in Hastings. REPRESENTATION OF SOMERSETSIIIRE.--A va cancy in the eastern division of this county is anticipated as a probable occurrence at no very distant day. The candi dates assigned by common report for this distinguished ho nour are, in the C o n s ervative interest, Sir A. Hood, Mr. Jolliffe, of Ammerdown, and Mr. James Gordon. The Radicals are said to be looking eqully to Sir R. Strachey, and Mr. Pigott.—Morning Post. PEEL CLUB.—We have great pleasure in announc ing that the enlightened and patriotic students of our Uni versity, who have conferred the highest, the most honourable, and the most precious mark of their confidence and affection on Sir Robert Peel, by electing that illustrious statesman Lord Rector, are about to form a Conservative Club ; and, after the splendid triumph which they have achieved, we need hardly say that they intend to inscribe on their ban ners tho immortal name of Peel.—Glasgow Courier. The late M. Dupuytren in his last illness had effu sion into the chest consequent on pleurisy. He was at first disposed to have himself tapped for it ; but three of his medical attendants being against, while two were for, para centesis, he changed his mind, and observed, " I would rather die by the band of God than of man." 'rue mortality at Walsall during the last two months has been very great, principally occasioned by the small pox ; children have been chiefly the victims, but in some instances the disease has attacked adults, and terminated fatally. Mr. Gregg is appointed an Assistant-Commissio ner of the Poor-law. The Isle ,of Man was last week visited by a con tinued series of high winds and heavy rains, and the country, --- - in many places, was deluged to an unusual depth. The roads were covered, and for a time travelling was impracti- cable. Cheltenham has received a number of distinguished visiters since Monday. The ball on that day was well and fashionably attended. The annual ball of the Female Or phan Ap.ylam is fixed for the 19th of next month, and is under the patronage of most of the distinguished residents of Cheltenham and its neighbourhood. The Earl and Countess Cornwallis have just expe rienced a most heart-rending Loss, in the death of their amiable and affectionate daughter, Lady Jemima W. Martin, wife of Charles W. Martin, Esq., of Leeds; Castle, who died at Cowes, Isle of Wight, on Sa turday morning, at 2 o'clock, leaving a family of four children—three sons and a daughter. The deceased lady was the only daughter of the Earl and Countess, and aged only 29 years. The remains of the deceased lady will be shortly removed from Cowes to the family vault, Linton. Ildlace, Kent. Th e Duke and Duchess de Grammont have taken a spacious ha:' in the Faubourg St. Germain, having left Gratz, in Bohemia, some time since. The late Dukc, whose death reccni!y took place at Paris, married Made moiselie de Polignac i sister to the Prince, and daughter to the celebrated Madame de Polignac, favourite of Marie Antoinette. On Sunday the Earl of _Egremont attained his 86th year, and on Monday his Lofcit:hip rejoiced the hearts of some hundreds of the poor in the neighbourhood. The members of the Sussex County Museum, to which In stitution the Noble Earl is a munificent patron, dined to gether in celebration of the event. Sir F. Burdett was at the dinner. The Marquis of Ely and Lord Augustus Loftus were among the distinguished guests invited by their French Majesties to dinner on Saturday last. The Marquis of Anglesey, and his son, Lord Cla rence Paget, have arrived at Beaudesert Park from Paris, and a distinguished party, to pass the Christmas. The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Lord and Lady Sydney, Lord Crofton, &c., are expected. The Marchioness and her youngest daughter, Lady Adelaide Paget, are oil their way from Paris, and will stop at the Burlington Hotol, the fa mily mansion being still under repair. General Alaix, whose conduct in Andalusia has been subjected to so many animadversions, is stated to be a Frenchman, and to have belonged to the garde-du-corps who accompanied the Duke d'Angouleme into Spain in 1823. He remained in the country, and has ever since served in the Spanish army. His name was De Saint Alais. Dag X i Juliana Berners, in her " Boke of Falconrie," printeu'in 1486, speaks of the operation of "blinding the hawk," or, as it is termed technically, " insecting." "To do this take needle and thread, and pass it through the upper eyelid of the bird, and so of the other, and then to make the threads fast under the bet k, so that she sec not, both her upper lids being brought down over her eyes." The officers of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers, sta tioned in Kilkenny, gave a splendid ball on Th:trsday night, at the barracks. Upwards of 150 ladies and gentlemen of the county and city were present. Prince Esterhazy, Lady Tankerville, Countess of Ashburnham, Countess of Aldborough, the Hon. Mrs. Montagu, Mrs. Lane Fox, the Duke of Devevonshire, the Duke of Argyll, Count Tolstoy, Baron de Haber, &c., honoured the Opera Buffa with their company last evening. Although the pleasing opera of Donizetti, L'Elisir d'Amorc, continues to increase in attraction and improve on each re presentation, it is the intention of the management to bring forward other operas, new to this country, immediately. The Scarainuccia of Ricci, which possesses the greatest popularity throughout Italy, will be produced early in the ensuing week, and immediately afterwards the Nina of Cop pole, in which Madame Giannoni will make her debut. The Chiara di Rosenberg Le Nozze di Figaro are likewise in rehearsal. Yesterday morning, shortly after ten o'clock, a me lancholy and fatal accident occurred on the river to two youths, of the names of Martelett and Richards, the for mer son of Mr. Martelett, coal-merchant, Long-lane, Ber mondsey. It appeared that the unfortunate youths were rowing down the river in a boat belonging to Mr. Roberts, boat-builder, Vauxhall, when, by some mismanagement, they ran foul of some coal barges moored in the middle of the river opposite Somerset House, and with such vio lence that the boat was completely cut in two. Several watermen at Waterloo Bridge immediately put off in their boats ; but before they arrived at the spot they sunk to rise no more. The body of Richards was picked up by a fisherman, and conveyed to Horseleydown workhouse last evening. About midnight on Tuesday a fire broke out in the basement kitchen of the house of Mr. J. Blain, eating house keeper, North Audley-street, which threatened se rious consequences. Fortunately thq engines were soon on the spot, and by the great exertions o the firemen the flames were subdued without doing much damage. Another fire occurred about the same hour at the house of Mr. Hucks, cooper, Spring-court, Paradise -street, Rotherhithe. It was caused by some shavings being by mischance set fire to with a candle. The engines were promptly brought to the spot, and the fire was got under, but not before much damage was done in the workshop, and the building injured. Active steps are taing towards forming a railway from Manchester to London. One also is contemplated from Bolton to Preston. The latter is to enable the goods of the bleacher to be conveyeil with more speed than here tofore. The expense in crossing the valley of the Ribble will be enormous. An embankmen! , of three miles long will be necessary, one mile of which require the re moval of 2,000,000 cubic yards ; and, with the bridge over the Ribble, will cost more than 200,0001. BOOK SOCIETIES.—The establishment of Book Societies in most of the counties of England, Scotland, and even Ireland, has become more general than ever, since the New System of supplying them regularly with all works they may desire, at scarcely one-fourth of the usual expense and trouble to the members, has been planned and pub lished by Mr. Bull, for general distribution. The supply of families, either singly, or two or more as joint subscribers, on new and most advantageous terms, is also included in the System ; the full particulars of which, together with a co pious List, including all the Valuable and Popular New Works, can be had gratis, or sent per post as, a single letter, on application to Mr. Bull, the Librarian, 19, Holles-street, Cavendish-square, London. The Manchester Theatre opened last Saturday evening, for the season, with an excellent comiiany. Mr. Forrest, Macready, C. Kean, and others have been en gaged, and will follow in succession, as their other engage ments will permit. LIVERPOOL THEATRICALS.—Mr. Edwin Forrest commences an engagement for ten nights on Monday next. Mr. Forrest will be succeeded by Mr. Rice, Mr. Macready, Mr. Vandenhoff, Mr. Kean, and Mr. and Mrs. Wood. On Monday last a French company commenced an engage ment for a limited number of nights. After a vaudeville, from the prolific pen of M. Scribe, Miss Adelaide O'Bryan and Signor Sagoni (from the Dublin Theatre Royal), danced with exquisite taste and effect the celebrated gallop, from Beniowsky. The graceful beauty of their attitudes evinced the perfect mastery they had acquired of their art, and drew down, as they deserved, the warmest plaudits of a delighted auditory, who insisted upon an encore. The Royal Amphitheatre opens on Monday next, with an effi cient company. The Liver Theatre also re-opens on the same evening, under the able management of Messrs. NV; J. Hammond and Raymond. A SECOND GASPAR HAUSER.—The Hamburg Correspondent has the following :—" For two years past deaf and dumb person has found an asylum in the house of M. Borstel, in Holstein. His manners are those of a m an of good family, but as yet nothing certain is known of its origin. The young man, who is endows "d with extraordi nary intelligence, was in a short time taugi.! to express his ideas in writing in the German language. According to what he has written, aided by some clumsy sketches, the idea of which he has taken from an engraving represe:itiog the town of Marseilles, which is presumed to be his native place, he is supposed to be the only son of a widow of that town, and to have been delivered by her to a Swedish Captain, who confined him in the hold of the ship. He thinks that the ship sailed to distant countries, such as the East Indies—and he states that the vessel touched at St. Helena to take in fresh provisions, but he was not per mitted to go ashore ; that after a nother very long voyage , a watch, bearing a cipher, which he has indicated, was takeo from him, after which he was placed in a boat, in whieh he contrived to row himself to shore. Ho then directed his steps to a house where there was dancing ; th en conti nuing to advance up the country, he arrived at night, over come with fatigue, at the village of (Ering, a dependency °I M. Borstel. After passing the night at this place he wa taken to the steward of the domain, who employed h im in doing little services in the house. Several no tes written by this young man have been sent to Marseilles , as also his drawings, in which are clearly sketched the house of the widow, the street in which it is situated, and the various shops and adjacent buildings. It is expected that by these . mea ns a discovery the explanations given by this young man. The Swedish may be made to what extent are founded v essel has also been so we ll i n di ca t e d, that the captain hag -been discovered in Sweden, and undergone an examinatiotai on all these board his ve sse l any individual resembling th e young 110,11.: points, but be denies ever having taken o One circumstance calculated to excite suspicion is,'-that .173 the vari ous notes wr i tten b y him he constantly confounds the" letters B an d P , an d D an d T , though the error may p robes proceed from the imperfect manner in which he has learn; to form th em . H e a ppears to be between ni neteen a a twenty years of age.